Pond Hopper

My little boy's birthday

My Ethan turns 1 tomorrow.  I can't believe how fast it's gone.  My baby is just not a baby any more.  He's been a toddler for 3 months already (considering he started walking at 9 months).  He now runs all over the place and takes great pride in finding the biggest thing he can find and walking around holding it.  The other day, he took me by the hand and walked me around the living room and he now gives real and proper hugs that just make your heart melt.  He never stops smiling and he's a joy to be around.  I am completely in love with my little boy and have to say that being his mom is the best thing I have ever done.

Starting over - sort of...

After my last post (ages ago),  I decided to archive the posts that bothered me the most and remove them from my blogs history.  It's one way to start over without deleting the entire blog.  I thought it was important to leave the other categories but to delete what is no longer relevant.  I feel better having done so. Maybe now, I can start blogging again on a regular basis.  I miss it and I have so much to say.
I'm in the process of re-designing the Pond Hopper site.  It's being done little by little because between my son and my busines, I don't have a lot of time.  The main design is finished.  Now, all I have to do is decide what's going to be left and what's going.  I don't have time for the expat list anymore so I know it's being cut and I can probably guess that the music section will go as well.  I just don't have the time for updates or maintenance (hell, I don't know the last time I played music for me and not my son).  For my friends and family, I will be adding a movie section which will have movie clips of Ethan from the time he was born until now.  Hopefully, I'll be able to maintain it on a pretty regular basis.  I think it's important that the important people I can't be with still get to watch him grow.  In the end, I think the site will be this blog, photos and my little movies. 
We're leaving Friday morning to go to my in-law's house for Ethan's birthday.  When we get back I'll finish the site and start blogging on a regular basis.  It will be good to get back to it...